Data Science Officer

Location: Bali, Indonesia

Closing date for applications: 15 November 2024

Contract status: National, full-time

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: Permanent

Remuneration: IDR 130,625,635 gross per annum.

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organisations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.

Summary job description

Our Technical team oversees Blue Ventures’ technical pillars (Secure Rights, Community-Based Fisheries Management, Food Security and Financial Inclusion). It supports the use of data for decision-making, providing tools, training, and guidance to partners and Blue Ventures’ staff worldwide. This team integrates expertise, deep practical experience with pragmatism, and a desire to enable others to deliver lasting change by distilling global best practices and knowledge into usable tools, appropriate training, and responsive guidance and support. The team is also responsible for providing online and face-to-face peer learning exchanges, knowledge-sharing events across the organisation, and overseeing technical publications.

We are recruiting a Data Science Officer to support our efforts in assisting local partner organisations in Indonesia. The role will entail providing technical assistance to partner organisations involved in community-based fisheries management and sharing technical and marine resource management experiences. Reporting to the Data Science Senior Officer, this is a full-time role based in Blue Ventures’ Denpasar office, with regular travel to work closely with colleagues, partners, field teams and communities.

The Data Science Officer will provide bespoke training and technical support to local partners in all aspects of fisheries assessment and management, including monitoring and evaluation of landings − particularly in the design and use of mobile-based data collection systems − and supporting local partners in efforts to assist communities in the management of target small-scale fisheries.

Additional responsibilities will include supporting scoping visits and working with partner organisations and colleagues in Blue Ventures’ conservation team to plan community exchanges to share learning and best practices in tropical small-scale fisheries management and locally-led marine conservation.

We seek a new colleague who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced, collegiate and ambitious environments and can demonstrate experience working independently and solving complex problems in challenging situations.

We are looking for an individual who is open to new ideas, embraces innovation, and can demonstrate experience building effective working partnerships for conservation and development. Applications will be assessed based on candidates’ alignment with BV’s core values and mission to support human rights-based marine conservation and fisheries management approaches.

The Data Science Officer will work alongside an existing technical team, which will provide training, mentoring, and support for the duration of the role.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive, highly organised individual who enjoys independent work. You will have an excellent knowledge of Indonesia’s small-scale fisheries, marine conservation, and development sectors, a proven track record of project management and partnership building, and excellent communication skills. Practical experience of community-based conservation and development initiatives in Indonesia will be critical to the role.